Hyperpolarizable compounds and devices fabricated therefrom

Substituted compounds having relatively large molecular first order hyperpolarizabilities are provided, along with devices and materials containing them. In general, the compounds bear electron-donating and electron-withdrawing chemical substituents on a polyheterocyclic core.

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Claims

2. The compound of claim 1 wherein said electron-donating group is an alkyl group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, NH.sub.2, an alkoxyl group, OH, an alkylthio group, SH, --OC(O)-(alkyl), a cycloheptatriene, or a heterocycle.

3. The compound of claim 1 wherein said electron-withdrawing group is haloalkyl, N-(alkyl).sub.3.sup.+, S-(alkyl).sub.2.sup.+, NH.sub.3.sup.+, NO.sub.2, SO.sub.2 -(alkyl), CN, SO.sub.2 -(aryl), C(O)OH, F, Cl, Br, I, cyclopentadienyl, C(O)O-(alkyl), C(O)-(alkyl), CHO, or a heterocycle.

4. The compound of claim 1 having formula: ##STR8## wherein each R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is, independently, an electron-donating group or an electron-withdrawing group, provided that at least one of R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is an electron-donating group and at least one of R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is an electron-withdrawing group.

5. The compound of claim 4 wherein:

one pair of R.sub.L and R.sub.T, R.sub.L and R.sub.B, R.sub.R and R.sub.T, or R.sub.R and R.sub.B are chemical groups that are electron-donating; and
the other pair of R.sub.L and R.sub.T, R.sub.L and R.sub.B, R.sub.R and R.sub.T, and R.sub.R and R.sub.B is a chemical group that is electron-withdrawing.

6. The compound of claim 1 having formula (1) or (2): ##STR9## wherein: M is a metal atom;

R.sub.P1 is --R.sub.A, --R.sub.T or aryl having 3 to about 60 carbon atoms;
R.sub.P2 is --R.sub.A, --R.sub.R;
R.sub.P3 is --R.sub.A, --R.sub.B or aryl having 3 to about 60 carbon atoms;
R.sub.P4 is --R.sub.A, --R.sub.L;
R.sub.A, is a covalent bond, cumulenyl, polyenyl, or polyynyl; and
each R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is, independently, an electron-donating group or an electron-withdrawing group, provided that at least one of R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is an electron-donating group and at least one of R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is an electron-withdrawing group.

7. The compound of claim 1 having formula (3) or (4): ##STR10## wherein: M is a metal atom;

R.sub.P1 is --R.sub.A, --R.sub.T or aryl having 3 to about 60 carbon atoms;
R.sub.P3 is --R.sub.A, --R.sub.B or aryl having 3 to about 60 carbon atoms;
R.sub.A, is a covalent bond, cumulenyl, polyenyl, or polyynyl;
each R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is, independently, an electron-donating group or an electron-withdrawing group, provided that at least one of R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is an electron-donating group and at least one of R.sub.L, R.sub.T, R.sub.R, and R.sub.B is an electron-withdrawing group; and
q is 1-5 and n is 0-50.

8. The compound of claim 7 wherein:

one pair of R.sub.L and R.sub.T, R.sub.L and R.sub.B, R.sub.R and R.sub.T, and R.sub.R and R.sub.B are electron-donating chemical groups; and
the other pair of R.sub.L and R.sub.T, R.sub.L and R.sub.B, R.sub.R and R.sub.T, and R.sub.R and R.sub.B is an electron-withdrawing chemical group.

9. The compound of claim 7 wherein said electron-donating group is an aromatic hydrocarbon bearing at least one electron-donating substituent or a heterocycle bearing at least one electron-donating substituent.

10. The compound of claim 9 wherein said electron-donating substituent is an alkyl group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, NH.sub.2, an alkoxyl group, OH, an alkylthio group, SH, or --OC(O)-(alkyl).

11. The compound of claim 7 wherein said electron-withdrawing group is an aromatic hydrocarbon bearing at least one electron-withdrawing substituent or a heterocycle bearing at least one electron-withdrawing substituent.

12. The compound of claim 11 wherein said electron-withdrawing substituent is haloalkyl, N-(alkyl).sub.3.sup.+, S-(alkyl).sub.2.sup.+, NH.sub.3.sup.+, NO.sub.2, SO.sub.2 -(alkyl), CN, SO.sub.2 -(aryl), C(O)OH, F, Cl, Br, I, C(O)O-(alkyl), C(O)-(alkyl) or CHO.

13. The compound of claim 7 wherein said electron-donating group is 4-dimethylaminophenyl or julolidinyl.

14. The compound of claim 7 wherein said electron-withdrawing group is 4-nitrophenyl, 4-cyanophenyl, N,N'-diethylthiobarbituric acid, or 3-phenyl-5-isoxazolone.

15. The compound of claim 1 having a.beta. value greater than 500.times.10.sup.-30 esu at 1906 nm or 1064 nm incident radiation.

18. A device comprising a substrate and at least one layer on said substrate, said layer including a compound according to claim 1.

19. The device of claim 18 further comprising a superstrate on said layer.

20. The device of claim 18 further comprising means for establishing an electric field across said layer.

21. The device of claim 18 further comprising sensing means for detecting light transmitted by said layer.

22. A composition comprising synthetic organic polymer and at least one compound according to claim 1.

23. The composition of claim 22 wherein said polymer is in admixture with said compound.

24. The composition of claim 22 wherein said polymer is covalently bound with said compound.

25. The composition of claim 22 wherein said polymer constitutes a major proportion of said composition and said compound constitutes a minor proportion of said composition.

26. The composition of claim 22 wherein said polymer is a polyimide, a polyacrylate, a polymethacrylate, a polyester, a polycarbonate, a polystyrene, a polyolefin, a polyvinyl ether, or a mixture thereof.

27. A process for preparing a device, comprising the steps of:

providing a substrate; and
placing upon said substrate at least one layer that includes a compound according to claim 1.
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Patent History
Patent number: 5783306
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 26, 1996
Date of Patent: Jul 21, 1998
Assignee: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Inventors: Michael J. Therien (Philadelphia, PA), Stephen G. DiMagno (Lincoln, NE)
Primary Examiner: John J. Zimmerman
Assistant Examiner: Michael LaVilla
Law Firm: Woodcock Washburn Kurtz Mackiewicz & Norris, LLP
Application Number: 8/592,049